gone

[gawn, gon] / gɔn, gɒn /

ADJECTIVE

not present, no longer in existence

Synonyms

STRONG

absent consumed decamped deceased departed disappeared disintegrated displaced dissipated dissolved done elapsed ended finished flown lacking left lost missing moved passed quit removed retired shifted spent split transferred traveling vanished withdrawn

WEAK

AWOL astray away burned up dead defunct down the drain dried-up extinct no more nonextant not a sign of not here out the window over past taken a powder taken leave turned to dust

Antonyms

STRONG

alive existing living present

WEAK

around current

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Life insurance can refill coffers when all else is gone and can possibly save a family from losing a house.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Having gone through that process so many times, Anderson said the transition from Straus to Smerud has been seamless.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

"The impact on the American consumer has gone up tremendously," he said, adding that there was growing dissatisfaction in the rural, normally Republican area of Virginia where he lives.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

The retired science teacher, who spent her career working in Cardiff and Essex, had gone to see her GP about a shortness of breath thinking it could be "heart problems" before being given her diagnosis.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

But he could see the hurt simmering below Gingersnipes’s anger, and it would be the biggest lie of all to let her believe he’d wanted her gone simply because he did not like her.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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